This is Beirut 2025-04-18 22:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Control operations and security monitoring enabled a unit of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), supported by a patrol from the Intelligence Directorate, to arrest “eight citizens” in the locality of Kfarzabad, in the Bekaa Valley, on Friday evening, accused of smuggling weapons from Syria. They are accused of having “formed a gang to smuggle ...
This is Beirut 2025-04-18 21:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Lebanese Army
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem declared Friday evening that any attempt to disarm the "resistance" is a direct service to Israel and will be firmly opposed. In his speech, Qassem said, “We will not allow anyone to strip Hezbollah or the resistance of its weapons. This idea should be removed from the Lebanese political ...
This is Beirut 2025-04-18 17:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hezbollah continues to reject any talks about disarmament, insisting that the issue is off the table until Israel fully withdraws from southern Lebanon. Wafiq Safa, a senior Hezbollah official, reiterated this stance on Friday, dismissing any suggestion of giving up the group’s weapons. “There will be no disarmament. In fact, the only people ...
This is Beirut 2025-04-18 11:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
An official Lebanese delegation is heading to Washington, DC to participate in the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings, carrying with it new promises and commitments aimed at pleasing these two international institutions. It seeks to convince them that Lebanon has indeed embarked on the path of reform and seeks to go even further by fulfilling all ...
Moncef Ait Kaci 2025-04-18 10:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Flowers, hugs and smiling faces… Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport is seeing a steady flow of passengers this spring. With Easter celebrations, school breaks and the May 1st holiday all falling within the same period, many are taking the opportunity to return to Lebanon. The atmosphere is one of emotion, attachment and long-awaited ...
This is Beirut 2025-04-18 10:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Israeli army announced on Friday that it had killed a Hezbollah official, Mohammad Jaafar Abdallah, in an airstrike that targeted a vehicle on the Ghazieh highway in the Saida region that morning. The vehicle, hit by a drone, immediately caught fire. Firefighters responded quickly and managed to control the blaze. The Public Health Emergency ...
Johnny Kortbawi 2025-04-18 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nothing is more powerful than the text Gibran Khalil Gibran wrote in The Storms, titled “Jesus the Crucified.” With striking clarity, Gibran conveys a spiritual depth that the world so often overlooks on Good Friday. Many settle for church rituals—the procession of Christ or the burial rite—or treat it merely as a time to fast until ...
Marilyne Jallad 2025-04-17 21:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ninety years after Disney’s pioneering animated version, Snow White is returning to the big screen in a live-action remake—screening in cinemas around the world, or almost. Lebanon and Kuwait have decided to outright ban this timeless tale intended for audiences young and old, from ages seven to 77. Due to the presence of an Israeli ...
This Is Beirut 2025-04-17 20:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah South Lebanon
Tensions continue to escalate in southern Lebanon as Israeli drone strikes target locations associated with Hezbollah. On Thursday morning, an Israeli drone strike hit a motorcycle on the Naqaa road in the village of Aitaroun, killing the rider. According to the Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesperson, the strike killed “Abdul Nabi ...
This Is Beirut 2025-04-17 20:10 - Reading : less than a minute
Internal Security Forces Lebanese Army
The Lebanese Army (LAF) arrested two individuals on Thursday in connection with recent rocket launches from southern Lebanon into Israeli territory. A Lebanese national was detained in the Tarik Jdide area, while a Palestinian suspect was apprehended in the southern city of Saida. These arrests come a day after the army announced it had ...
Lyne Sammouri 2025-04-17 19:50 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanon of Tomorrow Easter Holy Thursday Maamoul Churches
For the sixth year in a row, volunteers from Lebanon of Tomorrow roamed the streets of Achrafieh on Holy Thursday, visiting seven churches and handing out maamoul to passersby, spreading smiles and sweetness along the way.
This is Beirut 2025-04-17 17:35 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanon Georges Khabbaz Arts Theatre Movies
After starring in the acclaimed film Yunan by Ameer Fakher Eldin – which was selected for the official competition at the Berlin International Film Festival and won awards at the Bari and Milan film festivals in Italy – and after shooting Mille Secrets Mille Dangers last summer with Oscar-nominated director Philippe Falardeau, Georges Khabbaz ...